... my latest (and most 'trying') quest in the world of preservation to date, that is?
To cut a long (ish) story short ...
A good friend and former colleague of mine is trying to locate an engine 'bottom end' for one of these:
It's for a mid-1950s Fordson Major ... which, wait for it ... is located in ... Caithness ...
The engine is the E1A model, with CAV in-line injection pump incorporating a pneumatic governor.
Also oft-referred to as the '4D' engine, it was also fitted in Atlas trailer-compressors and used as 'donkey' engines on lorry-mounted concrete mixers in the 1960/70s era. Some mobile generators/welding sets also utilized this hardy unit.
The 'road version' was fitted in these:
So, the block/pistons/crankshaft from the latter would suffice.
All the other ancilliaries are available and in fine fettle
My/our usual sources have thus far proven fruitless, though given their popularity/robustness, someone might just know the whereabouts of a suitable donor. It'll also (on my part) be great to reciprocate the sound advice and untold assistance that the chap concerned readily gave me when I restored my former AEC Reliance bus.
Overnight bag packed in readiness for a trip to the great 'Far North'
Thanks in anticipation everyone